IP Library Granted Patent US 11,878,739
Granted Patent B2
US 11,878,739 · App. 17/663,969 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Motor vehicle body panel

Inventor: Marcel Boksbeld (Sainte-Julie, FR)
Assignee: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
B62D29/048B62D25/06B62D27/026C09J2301/208
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Patent No.
US 11,878,739
App. No.
17/663,969
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle body panel including a main body made of plastic material and sized to be bonded to a motor vehicle structure, and a bead of glue arranged to receive a second bead of glue, the bead of glue being made of a more flexible material than that forming the main body.

Claims (12)

1. Body part of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises:

a main body made of a plastic material and sized to be bonded to a motor vehicle body structure, and

at least one first bead of glue arranged to receive a second bead of glue, wherein the at least one first bead of glue is positioned on the main body for bonding, wherein all of the at least one first bead of glue being made of a more flexible material than that forming the main body, wherein the at least one first bead of glue forms a closed loop of the more flexible material, characterized in that wherein all of the at least one first bead of glue comprises a core configured to soften the at least one first bead of glue, wherein the core is formed by a less dense material than the more flexible material of a rest of the at least one first bead of glue.

2. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the core comprises a second more flexible material than that forming the rest of the at least one first bead of glue.

3. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the core is a hollow core.

4. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first bead of glue has a thickness greater than or equal to 5 millimeters.

5. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first bead of glue is placed on a periphery of the main body.

6. Body panel according to claim 1 , the body panel comprising several beads of glue, wherein at least one of the several beads of glue are positioned more in a center of the body panel than other beads of glue of the several beads of glue.

7. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first bead of glue is a bead of polyurethane-based glue.

8. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the body panel being a motor vehicle roof panel.

9. Body panel according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first bead of glue has a thickness between 5 millimeters and 20 millimeters.

10. Body panel according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one of the several beads of glue is positioned in the center of the body panel.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
To: OPMOBILITY SE
Reel/Frame 070568/0072 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
To: OPMOBILITY SE
Reel/Frame 069958/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2022
From: BOKSBELD, MARCEL
To: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
Reel/Frame 061344/0913 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2105216 · May 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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